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Opinion: Alaska’s moment is here: Let’s finish the pipeline
9+ hour, 11+ min ago (214+ words) Published 1:30 am Thursday, March 26, 2026 By Gov. Mike Dunleavy and former Sen. Mark Begich Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks about new Trump administration policies at a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in his Anchorage office. Behind him are Attorney General Treg Taylor and…...
No tsunami expected after 4.4-magnitude earthquake in Alaska
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (126+ words) A tsunami is not expected after a 4.4-magnitude earthquake northwest of Anchorage Wednesday, Feb. 4. The National Weather Service Tsunami Alerts posted to X that the earthquake hit at 6:25 a.m. local time. It was originally listed as a 4.3-magnitude quake. The earthquake…...
Cruise ship passenger dies after fall from Juneau mountain trail
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (149+ words) A Texas man died Tuesday after falling from the Mount Roberts trail and sliding down the mountainside. According to a dispatch Wednesday from Alaska State Troopers, they were called just after 8 p.m. and told of an ongoing search and rescue effort…...
Likelihood of Spurr eruption continues to decline
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (265+ words) The rise of magma beneath Mount Spurr has stalled, a Wednesday statement from the Alaska Volcano Observatory says, "and the likelihood of an eruption continues to gradually decline." Spurr, one of more than 50 active volcanoes in Alaska, is located about…...